Synoecha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Sphingidae erected by Walter Rothschild and Karl Jordan in 1903. Its only species, Synoecha marmorata, described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891, is known from the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.[2]
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Genus: | Synoecha Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
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Species: | S. marmorata
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Synoecha marmorata (T. P. Lucas, 1891)[1]
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The wingspan is about 40 mm. Adults have fawn forewings and paler hindwings.
References
editWikispecies has information related to Synoecha.
- ^ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 2011-11-01.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (23 February 2015). "Synoecha marmorata (T.P. Lucas, 1892)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 20 December 2018.